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To Stand and Fight Together: Richard Pierpoint and the Coloured Corps of Upper CanadaIn 1812, a 67-year-old black United Empire Loyalist named Richard Pierpoint helped raise "a corps of Coloured Men to stand and fight together" against the Americans who were threatening to invade the tiny British colony of Upper Canada. Pierpoint's unique fighting unit would not...
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Tom Paine's Iron Bridge: Building a United StatesIn a letter to his wife, Abigail, John Adams judged the author of Common Sense as having "a better hand at pulling down than building." Adams's dismissive remark has helped shape the prevailing view of Tom Paine ever since. But, as Edward G. Gray...
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Titanic's Unlucky Seven: The Story of the Ill-Fated Liner's OfficersThe disaster which befell RMS Titanic has become one of the most investigated and analyzed maritime tragedies of all time. Yet there is much still to be untangled from the web of mystery which still surrounds this confused, catastrophic event.The people on board were...
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They Slept Upon Their RiflesThe story of the Captain Robert H. Kuykendall family in America and the entry of the family with the Anglo Settlement into Mexican/Texas in Stephen F. Austin's Colony in 1821. - Includes Allied families - Early, Hardin, Moore, Shannon and Swift - Includes the...
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The Young Turks' Crime Against Humanity: The Armenian Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing in the Ottoman EmpireIntroducing new evidence from more than 600 secret Ottoman documents, this book demonstrates in unprecedented detail that the Armenian Genocide and the expulsion of Greeks from the late Ottoman Empire resulted from an official effort to rid the empire of its Christian subjects. Presenting...
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They Flew: A History of the ImpossibleAn award-winning historian's examination of impossible events at the dawn of modernity and of their enduring significance "Historically rich and superbly written."--David J. Davis, Wall Street Journal Accounts of seemingly impossible phenomena abounded in the early modern era--tales of levitation, bilocation, and witchcraft--even as...
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The World Since 1945: An International HistoryA masterly synthesis of the history of the contemporary world, The World Since 1945 offers the ideal introduction to the events of the period between the end of the Second World War and the present day. P. M. H. Bell and Mark Gilbert balance...
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The War for Ukraine: Strategy and Adaptation Under FireThe Russo-Ukraine War is a vital learning opportunity for military strategists across the globe. The first and clearest lesson to be gleaned from it is this: the soundness of a military's strategy and the nimbleness with which it can adapt to unforeseen circumstances are...
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The UniverseImagine the biggest thing you can think of--now imagine something bigger that hasn't even stopped growing. That is the universe. Our own galaxy, the Milky Way, though enormous, is a tiny speck among the 100 billion galaxies containing nebulas, planets, "space pods," billions of...
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The Traitor's Daughter: Captured by Nazis, Pursued by the Kgb, My Mother's Odyssey to Freedom from Her Secret PastThe masterful narration of a daughter's decades-long quest to understand her extraordinary mother, who was born in Lenin's Soviet Union, served as a combat soldier in the Red Army, and endured three years of Nazi captivity--but never revealed her darkest secrets. As a child,...
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The Texas Lowcountry: Slavery and Freedom on the Gulf Coast, 1822-1895In The Texas Lowcountry: Slavery and Freedom on the Gulf Coast, 1822-1895, author John R. Lundberg examines slavery and Reconstruction in a region of Texas he terms the lowcountry--an area encompassing the lower reaches of the Brazos and Colorado Rivers and their tributaries as...
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The Spy's DaughterRiding the wave of the very popular Regency genre, The Gentleman Spy Mysteries series mixes mystery with happily ever after romances to capture the hearts of readers. The fourth and final book in the darkly romantic Gentleman Spy Mysteries. Emily March, the illegitimate daughter...
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The Source of Power 1922The Source of Power is a book written by Theodore Clinton Foote and published in 1922. This book explores the concept of power and its sources, including physical, mental, and spiritual power. Foote argues that true power comes from within and can be developed...
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The Solebay Tapestries: Threads of History- The Solebay tapestries depict the famous battle of May 28, 1672 which took place in Southwold Bay off the coast of Suffolk. One of the highlights of the collection of the Scheepvaartmuseum, the National Maritime Museum of the NetherlandsThe monumental 17th century Solebay...
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The Slum and the City: Culture and Dissidence in the Villas Miseria of Buenos AiresThe Argentine capital is largely perceived as a middle-class space. Yet in reality, urban poverty and precarious settlements are defining features of the city. Agnese Codeb? investigates how slums have produced culture as well as their representation in literature and the visual arts from...
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The Sky's the Limit People V. Newton, the Real Trial of the 20th Century?ABOUT THE BOOK: Anyone fascinated by true crime and legal thrillers will want to read The Sky's The Limit: People v. Newton, The Real Trial of the 20th Century? In comparing the 1968 trial of Black Panther Party leader Huey Newton to other riveting...
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The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIAA "rip-roaring" (Steve Coll), "staggeringly well-researched" (The New York Times) history of three generations at the CIA, "electric with revelations" (Booklist) about the women who fought to become operatives, transformed spycraft, and tracked down Osama bin Laden, from the bestselling author of Code Girls...
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The Scramble for Africa: A Captivating Guide to European Expansion, Colonial Conflicts, the Berlin Conference, and Its Impact on Modern TimesStep into the riveting saga of the Scramble for Africa and learn about the dramatic reshaping of the African continent. This book offers a lens into the pivotal moments that saw Africa carved and claimed by European powers. Explore the technological revolution that was...
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The Saga of the Outlaw Harry TracyThe exciting story of the outlaw, Harry Tracy, who was the subject of the most famous manhunt in the Pacific Northwest in the sping and summer of 1902. The book gives details of Tracy's life as well as a historical perspective of the late...
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The Royal Inca Tunic: A Biography of an Andean MasterpieceThe hidden life of the greatest surviving work of Inca art The most celebrated Andean artwork in the world is a five-hundred-year-old Inca tunic made famous through theories about the meanings of its intricate designs, including attempts to read them as a long-lost writing...
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